| Hockey is a dynamic sport, and doing specific hockey | | | | power focus on lifting more weight with less reps, and |
| exercises that will focus on areas that directly relate to | | | | push through your positive lift explosively. |
| your game will result in a higher level of performance | | | | 3) Focus your cardio on intervals.Hockey is not a sport |
| on the ice. Here are three tips from getting the most | | | | where players spend their entire time in action, putting |
| out of your workouts so you can maximize your on | | | | out a small percentage of their maximum over a long |
| ice performance. | | | | period of time. In hockey, you hit the ice for 45 |
| 1) Never forget your core. | | | | seconds to a minute, give 100% and then hit the bench |
| Your core is responsible for stabilizing your body and | | | | for a couple of minutes to rest up and replenish. Try |
| core strength is of utmost importance in all sports, | | | | and make your cardio workouts approximate this |
| especially a sport like hockey which is fast, dynamic | | | | pattern by doing intervals of one minute at high |
| and most importantly, naturally unstable! Your core | | | | capacity and 2 minutes at an easier pace. |
| should not be an afterthought when you do your | | | | Proper and consistent training are of the utmost |
| workouts, it should be something you strive to work | | | | important if you want to be able to hit the ice and |
| well. Consider exercises like swissball jackknifes, front | | | | perform at your maximum potential. What you do in |
| and side planks, and anything that focuses on keeping | | | | the gym is as important as what you do in practice on |
| you still while unstable, rather than exercises like | | | | the ice. Focusing on exercises in the gym that will |
| crunches and sit-ups. | | | | directly impact your on-ice performance is a must. It |
| 2) Remember that strength and power are not the | | | | may be worth your whole to invest in a sport specific |
| same thing.Lifting a heavy weight across a distance | | | | trainer, or a quality guide that focuses on hockey |
| very slowly is not the same thing as lifting a heavy | | | | specific training. Regardless though, if you always have |
| weight across a distance very quickly. In hockey, | | | | your game in mind when you hit the gym, your |
| power is extremely important and you should work | | | | improvements on the ice will be noticeable. |
| power exercises into your training regime. To develop | | | | |